Got it off Soulseek so I made sure to get 320kbps but no way to know what the initial source of it is.

Wiki page for the album states "Many found its production and/or mixing to be of poor quality, several attributing that to excessive compression, sometimes professed to depend upon the listening format." But doesn't give any more info as to mastering techniques.

trust me dude there was a big ol thread about it on hoffman every one was pissed that their vinyls sounded like cunt, then i was like damn the only hope left is with HDtracks then that came out and was just as compressed

'Prog-rockers Tool kicked off their long-anticipated US tour Wednesday night at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Tool are good friends with the guys in Rush and often hang out or jam together. Rush left Tool a letter in guitarist Adam Jones' road case a couple of years ago, and Jones rediscovered it last night and shared it with fans. The letter reads, Have a great gig! We're in the studio now. Catch you next time. Alex, Geddy, and Neil.'